Feeling worried

So today we had an early gender scan. We did get told the gender and are over the moon, however there is a few things bothering me. The lady couldn't get a clear shot of baby, she asked be to move around, drink a bit more etc etc. Then as baby wasn't playing she asked me to go for a walk. Which we did. When we arrived back she said that she could now see very clear what we are having and told us.. anyway what I'm worried about is how unclear to us the whole scan was. I have 15 pictures and they are all not good one.. why was the scan not clear? Should I be worried? Sorry for babbling.. Xx

Comments (9)

We had the same thing when we went for our gender scan at 16 weeks. We ended up having to have the NIPT test so knew at 14 weeks we were having a girl but had already paid for the gender scan so went anyway! At the scan she had her legs crossed, after a while she moved and they reconfirmed we were having a girl so they must be able to tell! Our photo’s were nowhere near as clear as the 12 week scan photo!

I wouldnt be worried, your baby was probably napping and not co-operating plus the lady doing your ultrasound could be slightly inexperienced??im expecting triplets and they could figure out the sex of one but not the other two as they were being lazy! Dont worry yourself and if you arent happy with the scan pictures, ring them and tell them you want another set!hope this helps somewhat x

Hey, please try not to worry! I had my gender scan yesterday and the sonographer who is so lovely, said to me that there was no fluid in my bladder which I said but how is that possible when I drank a litre before I came, he said that it can come out as sweat, anyway he said that not having a full bladder makes the picture very unclear, I have 6 pictures and not one single one of them is clear, due to the fact that I had no fluid in my bladder also, she was very very active so every time he went to take a photo she moved in some way! We managed to see that she is a little girl because she was still enough for him to see the 3 lines but other than that, rubbish photos for me too! X

Thank you so much for your replies. Yeah our 12 week scan was a lot clearer than this one.. she said that baby was been very awkward. I was told that my bladder was too full and to go for a wee, after that I thought it all looked worse on the screen haha. Not long to wait tho for the 20 week scan. And hopefully some better pictures xx

I wouldnt be worried, your baby was probably napping and not co-operating plu...

Posted
08/07/2018

I wouldnt be worried, your baby was probably napping and not co-operating plus the lady doing your ultrasound could be slightly inexperienced??im expecting triplets and they could figure out the sex of one but not the other two as they were being lazy! Dont worry yourself and if you arent happy with the scan pictures, ring them and tell them you want another set!hope this helps somewhat x

Could be loads of reasons xx when I’ve been 1 scan wasn’t clear because Of my body fat apparently ( I’m a sz10-12!?), 2nd was because my bladder was too full! Third cus it was a old crappy scan machine XX if they were worried they’d if said xx sometimes scans r abit rubbish xx

Thank you so much for your replies. Yeah our 12 week scan was a lot clearer t...

Posted
08/07/2018

Thank you so much for your replies. Yeah our 12 week scan was a lot clearer than this one.. she said that baby was been very awkward. I was told that my bladder was too full and to go for a wee, after that I thought it all looked worse on the screen haha. Not long to wait tho for the 20 week scan. And hopefully some better pictures xx

Mine said the same to me, she couldn’t see very well so told me to empty my bladder which confused me because I thought it was better with a full bladder? My pictures are rubbish especially the “potty shot”

35 weeks pregnant

Your baby now weighs about 2.4kg and measures around 46cm from head to toe. Soon, as the wall of your uterus (womb) and your belly stretch thinner and let in more light, your baby will begin to develop daily activity cycles. Read More

36 weeks pregnant

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